Queensland GPs will be able to diagnose adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and prescribe them with medication to treat it, under changes that will come into force from December 1.

Announcing the move on Saturday, Health Minister Tim Nicholls touted it as a “nation-leading first” in treating ADHD.

While South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and the ACT have announced similar changes this year to expand access to ADHD drugs, Queensland’s will be the broadest when they come into effect next month.

Health minister Tim Nicholls has announced a breakthrough in ADHD treatment in Queensland. Credit: Courtney Kruk

“Queensland will become the first state to allow specialist GPs to diagnose and prescribe psychostimulants for those patients who present ov

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